HP2 Sport - Odyssey battery
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:56 pm
Any of you clever chaps know what model Odyssey battery would fit an HP2 sport ?
www.boxertrix.com
The UK-based forum for BMW's sportiest Boxer motorcycles
http://m.boxertrix.com/phpBB2/
HP2 Sport - Odyssey battery
Page 1 of 2
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:13 pm
PC545 - exact same size as the original but you'll have to reverse the poles. A guy on Pelican fitted one with no problems at all.
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:50 pm
Won't that make it run backwards?Gromit wrote:PC545 - exact same size as the original but you'll have to reverse the poles. A guy on Pelican fitted one with no problems at all.
Al
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:56 pm
Only if it's left hand drive.Blackal wrote:Won't that make it run backwards?Gromit wrote:PC545 - exact same size as the original but you'll have to reverse the poles. A guy on Pelican fitted one with no problems at all.
Al
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:57 pm
Is that why the LH cylinder is further forward then the RH one?Gromit wrote:Only if it's left hand drive.Blackal wrote:Won't that make it run backwards?Gromit wrote:PC545 - exact same size as the original but you'll have to reverse the poles. A guy on Pelican fitted one with no problems at all.
Al
Al
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:58 pm
In the Northern Hemisphere, yes.Blackal wrote:Is that why the LH cylinder is further forward then the RH one?Gromit wrote:Only if it's left hand drive.Blackal wrote: Won't that make it run backwards?
Al
Al
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:08 pm
"That is illogical, Captain"Gromit wrote: In the Northern Hemisphere, yes.
Al
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:10 pm
Aye...<cue Twilight Zone music>Blackal wrote:"That is illogical, Captain"Gromit wrote: In the Northern Hemisphere, yes.
Al
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:18 pm
keep it going - it gave me a laff!!!
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:49 am
Well I've just replaced my tank with modified (more fuel) one and had to replace the standard battery with a PC545 because it's not as 'tall' as the OE. It's also slightly fatter so you need to file the 'ribs' off the battery or modify the carrier. I don't know anything about reverse polarity, I just connected it as normal 
.
.Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:01 am
You've not got an HP2s....... 
You're up late?
Al
You're up late?
Al
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:26 am
Not as late as youBlackal wrote:You've not got an HP2s.......
You're up late?
Al
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:03 pm
IIRC I don't think that that is correct! The HP2 Sport has a smaller battery than previous R bikes. I think that the battery is the same as on the S1000RR.Gromit wrote:PC545 - exact same size as the original
IMHO the OE battery is too small! Occasionally it would not restart (30 secs or so) after a short break when hot. 5 or 10 minutes wait was normally sufficient to solve the problem.
The Odyssey 545 is much larger ( an inch or so taller ) and I went for the smaller one that is (I think) recommended for the F800. It is the PC310!
At first glance it should not be man enough, but so far I have not had a problem. However, it is not plug and play. The terminals are the wrong way round and are the small screw type
Mind you - once they solve the problems with the Lithium ones (both technical and cost) that will be the way to go. Yes - there are a number of downsides as detailed on here recently, but there are now a lot of them out there and so far I have not heard much in the way of problems.
sandbar
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:12 pm
Too late. Obviously.Blackal wrote:You've not got an HP2s.......
You're up late?
Al
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:06 pm
So, not an easy blinking job then
Nige is, of course, correct. The cranking ability of the standard battery with a hot engine is not great. In the early days of ownership, i had a problem with the bike cutting out regularly - when hot - and then of course, was a bugger to re-start. Thumbing the starter would only return the sound of a clicking solenoid. Had the bike from new and used 3 OEM batteries in that time, hence the reason for looking for an alternative solution.
Thanks for all the useful comments thus far and the not so useful, but amusing contributions
Nige is, of course, correct. The cranking ability of the standard battery with a hot engine is not great. In the early days of ownership, i had a problem with the bike cutting out regularly - when hot - and then of course, was a bugger to re-start. Thumbing the starter would only return the sound of a clicking solenoid. Had the bike from new and used 3 OEM batteries in that time, hence the reason for looking for an alternative solution.
Thanks for all the useful comments thus far and the not so useful, but amusing contributions